As I begin to recuperate from whatever the hell I came down with these past few days, I've been listening to a lot of this artist, Yoñlu. There's a very interesting story behind this singer-songwriter from Brazil. Sadly, he took his own life at the age of 16 by carbon monoxide poisoning, but his parents, unaware that there son was making music, went through his computer and found all the music he had created and discovered that his songs had been circulating online making him quite the online sensation around the world. It's all very lo-fi with hints of bossa nova and his music can be likened to Nick Drake (not just because of the suicide) and Gilberto Gil. His album, A Society in Which No Tear Is Shed Is Inconceivably Mediocre, was released in April 2009 on David Byrne's label, Luaka Bop. I really recommend that everyone pick up a copy.
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